Microsoft has just boosted its investment in the embedded area ($75 million),
which means it's aware that it is losing there. It has already
attempted "dumping" (unsuccessfully), as shown below.

Related:

$3 Windows a threat to Linux?

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| Meanwhile, in the embedded market, Microsoft attempted to counter
| the low costs of using embedded Linux with a $3 Windows CE licensing
| program launched back in 2003.
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[url]http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6846555964.html[/url]

Linux loyalty runs high among embedded software developers, says VDC

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| Looking ahead, 87% percent of Linux users plan to use Linux in their next
| project. In both cases, use of free distributions outnumbered use of paid
| distributions by a sizable margin. Â*
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